As the sound of gongs, drums and trumpets got closer and closer, I was certain that this was indeed a funeral procession!
Why is there a funeral procession?
I took out my phone and looked at it. It was 7:40, which was a bit strange. After all, funerals usually take place in the morning. Who would go to a funeral at more than 7 o'clock in the evening?
Zhou Yuxi and I passed by here in the morning and back in the afternoon, and we didn't find any news of anyone passing away here. How could it be so sudden?
I put away my doubts and began to observe this team.
There are about fifty or sixty people in this team, and the formation is definitely not small. Walking at the front of the team is a girl with a white hat on her head. She is not old, she should be around twenty years old, follow me. Next, he was holding a photo in his hand. Based on his age, it seemed that he should be the granddaughter of the deceased.
In the funeral custom, the sons of the deceased, that is, the immediate family members, are required to wear linen, a white tie around their waists, and a filial hat on their heads when they are buried. The third generation relatives, who are the grandchildren, only need to wear a white hat on their heads. , so through this we can also know that the girl should be the granddaughter of the deceased.
And she is holding the photo in her hand. Logically speaking, it should be the son of the deceased holding the photo. As for why it is her, I guess it is because the son is not around and there are no grandchildren in the family, so the granddaughter takes care of it.
The people holding flags on both sides should be the second-generation juniors who have not yet entered the fifth level of service. They all wear filial piety hats on their heads and white ties around their waists. Behind them are some relatives and friends, surrounding the coffin.
If you look closely, you can see that the girl walking in the front is pretty, with long eyelashes, big eyes, and a straight bridge of nose. In terms of appearance alone, she is as good as Zhou Yuxi.
It's just that the girl's brows were frowning at this time, and there seemed to be faint traces of tears between her cheeks, which added to the sad beauty.
While looking at this funeral procession, an idea suddenly popped into my mind. Now that I have encountered this, I should go to a yarn exchange meeting!
Thinking that I owed Zhou Yuxi so much money, even though I gave all the 50,000 yuan that Zhang Sanqing had transferred to me to Zhou Yuxi, there was still a big difference. Although they didn't ask for it, I am still a man. You always need face, why should you owe money to other girls?
Therefore, I must quickly find a way to make some money so that I can pay back Zhou Yuxi's money. Seeing this funeral procession, I immediately thought of a way to make money.
In a general funeral procession, the middle position, which is the area of the girl just now, is usually for the eldest son and grandson, while the ones on the left and right carrying flags are usually for the second son and daughter, and the left is top, so the ones on the left carrying flags are the ones other than the eldest son. Apart from the eldest son and grandson, he is the closest person to the deceased. Generally, if you want to find someone to talk to, you always talk to the first person. However, the first person in this trip is the granddaughter. Therefore, when I want to talk to someone, it is most appropriate to talk to the person holding the flag on the left.
Seeing the funeral procession getting closer and closer, I quickly walked around to the side. When the procession passed me, I followed the procession and walked all the way to the burial place.
After walking for about a mile and about 20 minutes, I followed the team to a burial area.
When I got here, I discovered that this family was actually a wealthy family. Why do you say that? Because the place where the family was buried was a circle of graves.
What is a circle grave? To put it bluntly, this family has its own ancestral cemetery. That is, the family spent money to buy a piece of land and then circled the land specifically for burying deceased members of the family.
Generally speaking, those who can have such a place in their homes are wealthy families, because not only do they need to spend money to buy land, but they also need to hire a good Feng Shui master to select the site for this place.
Because it is an ancestral tomb, the selection of the site is very particular. After all, all members of the family have to be buried, so the site selection is more stringent than that of ordinary cemeteries. If you are not careful, you will ruin a family's luck.
And I took a general look at the Feng Shui pattern here, and it was quite good. There are some records about Feng Shui in "Maoshan Sanqing Shu". Although it is not very detailed, it still has some general descriptions!
"The Burial Sutra" says: Qi will disperse when it rides on the wind, and it will stop when it is bounded by water. The ancients gathered it to prevent it from dispersing, and moved it to stop it, so it is called Feng Shui.
The general meaning is that a good Feng Shui pattern must not be in an area that is too open, because once the wind and luck are encountered, the luck will be dispersed, and there must be a place near water, where the Qi will stop when it encounters water. To see whether the Feng Shui of a place is good or not, the main thing is See if you can "hide the wind, encounter water, and gather Qi", which is equivalent to trapping luck!
And I looked at the Feng Shui here. Behind it is the mountain where we fought with Fan Wujiu before. Although this mountain has no name, it is still a quite big mountain, and at the foot of the mountain, there is a flow around the mountain. of stream.
Although the Feng Shui here is not a tiger perched on a dragon's disk, it is definitely not bad Feng Shui. Generally speaking, there is no problem in protecting the safety and health of future generations.
But general Feng Shui like this also has its drawbacks!
That is, there will be something to fight for luck, because everything has spirituality, and humans are not as good as those natural things in their understanding of Feng Shui.
Good Feng Shui patterns are generally occupied by emperors, generals and ministers, so they can't compete with them, so they can only get a share of these general Feng Shui patterns. That's why many people have animals living in their graveyards, such as hedgehogs. , weasels, rabbits, snakes and other animals are entrenched in the cemetery.
This family's ancestral grave is about the size of half a football field. It is built with blue bricks and surrounded by a low wall of about half a meter. It is filled with evergreen trees of all sizes.
When these people arrived at the cemetery, I went up to ask them. When they were on the road just now, they were not allowed to stop them. Funerals were in vain. Except for weddings and weddings, they would not stop. If they stopped, they would not stop. It was auspicious, so I followed all the way.
"Uncle, I would like to ask, after the old man is buried tonight, can anyone press the grave?" I went up to the uncle who was holding flags on the left side of the funeral procession and asked.
Because there were so many people attending the funeral, no one noticed me when I followed me. When I stepped forward, I was startled by the question.
"Pressing the grave? Just wait a moment. I'll ask the elders first." The uncle said with a puzzled look on his face.
Is it possible that this uncle doesn’t know that pressing a grave is not possible? I was also confused for a while, shouldn't I?
The so-called grave pressing is a unique custom here. Of course, I am not sure if it exists in other places. It is the first night after a person is buried. Because he is a new ghost, he is afraid that some ghosts around him will bully the new person. Of course, not only ghosts, but everywhere are very unfriendly to newcomers.
In order to prevent the elders in the family from being bullied, it is necessary to have a yang person's yang energy to scare these ghosts. Because folklore says that the yang energy of a living person can deter some ghosts, so a living person is used to bury Gang. Keeping the spirits of the dead alive all night is called grave-pressing.
However, this job is a test of courage. You have to stay alone at the burial place for one night. If it is a lonely grave, it doesn't matter, but no one dares to go to that kind of cemetery, even relatives and sons at home. , even my grandson wouldn’t dare!
After all, who would have the guts to sleep in a cemetery all night?
Therefore, a long time ago, there was a way of paying people to press graves.
But looking at the expression on that uncle's face just now, it seems that he doesn't know about this, and I don't know if the elders in the family know about it. If they don't know, it would be very embarrassing!
But fortunately, the elders in the family still knew about this. After a while, the uncle came over and said to me: "Young man, the elders in the family have said that I can ask you to lay graves, but the money will have to be paid early tomorrow morning." Come and give it to you, after all, we don’t know you, so if you took the money and ran away, we wouldn’t know.”
"That's easy to say, no problem." I said cheerfully.
Most people have this worry when it comes to grave matters, unless they know the basics, so most of them settle the bill last, and without much thought, I agreed.
Since I agreed, I will find a place to rest nearby. After the family has finished burning the paper money, kowtows, and other tasks, and then leaves, it will be my turn to start working.
So I found a big tree nearby and sat down against it. I remembered the iron rod I bought at the exchange meeting during the day. There were many things on it that I didn’t understand, so I took it again. Come out and start taking a closer look.
Because it is covered with rust, nothing can be seen. It seems that we need to find a way to remove the rust quickly so that its true appearance can be revealed!
After thinking about it, I actually fell asleep leaning against the tree next to me. I don't know how long it took, but a gentle and pleasant voice came from my ears.
"Is it time for you to get up?"
